Chisato Imai, Ben Armstrong, Zaid Chalabi, Punam Mangtani et al.
Time series regression has been developed and long used to evaluate the short-term associations of air pollution and weather with mortality or morbidity of non-infectious diseases. The application of the regression approaches from this tradition to infectious diseases, however, is less well explored...
Chisato Imai, W. Abdullah Brooks, Yeonseung Chung, Doli Goswami et al.
BACKGROUND: Influenza seasonality in the tropics is poorly understood and not as well documented as in temperate regions. In addition, low-income populations are considered highly vulnerable to such acute respiratory disease, owing to limited resources and overcrowding. Nonetheless, little is known ...
Chisato Imai, W. Abdullah Brooks, Doli Goswami, Bilkis Ara Anjali et al.
Background: While influenza outbreaks are generally linked to dry and cold weather in temperate regions, the cases in tropical regions are often detectable throughout the year with one or two epidemics during rainy seasons. Some studies speculate that such phenomenon may attribute to the different d...